Sandra Irene Matthews, 68, of Marietta, passed away at her home on Monday, June, 22, 2015. She was born February 22, 1947, in Marietta a daughter of the late Charles "Gene" Lowe and Velma Green Lowe. Sandra graduated from Marietta High School in 1965 and later attended Washington State Community College.
She served 8 years as the Clerk for Washington County Commission before being elected 5 terms as Washington County's first woman County Commissioner, retiring in January 2005.
On September 10, 1967, she married Michael Allen Matthews. The have 2 daughters, Susan Michelle of Marietta and Melissa Ann (Russell) Brown of Graysville, OH. She is also survived by her mother Velma Lowe of Marietta; granddaughter Isabella Brown and siblings Daniel (Janice) Lowe, Nancy (Steve) Halpren, Karen (Gary) Daggett, Joyce (Richard) Murphy, David (Barbara) Lowe, Angela (Tom) Ward, Doug (Mary Ellen) Lowe, brother and sister-in-law David and Patty Matthews as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Preceding her in death were her father, her in-laws Gale and Mary Matthews and her grandparents.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday (June 25) at 1:00 pm at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Pastor Bryan Weber officiating. Interment will follow in East Lawn Memorial Park.
McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home
June 2015
She served 8 years as the Clerk for Washington County Commission before being elected 5 terms as Washington County's first woman County Commissioner, retiring in January 2005.
On September 10, 1967, she married Michael Allen Matthews. The have 2 daughters, Susan Michelle of Marietta and Melissa Ann (Russell) Brown of Graysville, OH. She is also survived by her mother Velma Lowe of Marietta; granddaughter Isabella Brown and siblings Daniel (Janice) Lowe, Nancy (Steve) Halpren, Karen (Gary) Daggett, Joyce (Richard) Murphy, David (Barbara) Lowe, Angela (Tom) Ward, Doug (Mary Ellen) Lowe, brother and sister-in-law David and Patty Matthews as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Preceding her in death were her father, her in-laws Gale and Mary Matthews and her grandparents.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday (June 25) at 1:00 pm at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Pastor Bryan Weber officiating. Interment will follow in East Lawn Memorial Park.
McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home
June 2015
Sandra Irene Matthews, 68, of Marietta, passed away at her home on Monday, June, 22, 2015. She was born February 22, 1947, in Marietta a daughter of the late Charles "Gene" Lowe and Velma Green Lowe. Sandra graduated from Marietta High School in 1965 and later attended Washington State Community College.
She served 8 years as the Clerk for Washington County Commission before being elected 5 terms as Washington County's first woman County Commissioner, retiring in January 2005.
On September 10, 1967, she married Michael Allen Matthews. The have 2 daughters, Susan Michelle of Marietta and Melissa Ann (Russell) Brown of Graysville, OH. She is also survived by her mother Velma Lowe of Marietta; granddaughter Isabella Brown and siblings Daniel (Janice) Lowe, Nancy (Steve) Halpren, Karen (Gary) Daggett, Joyce (Richard) Murphy, David (Barbara) Lowe, Angela (Tom) Ward, Doug (Mary Ellen) Lowe, brother and sister-in-law David and Patty Matthews as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Preceding her in death were her father, her in-laws Gale and Mary Matthews and her grandparents.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday (June 25) at 1:00 pm at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Pastor Bryan Weber officiating. Interment will follow in East Lawn Memorial Park.
McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home
June 2015
She served 8 years as the Clerk for Washington County Commission before being elected 5 terms as Washington County's first woman County Commissioner, retiring in January 2005.
On September 10, 1967, she married Michael Allen Matthews. The have 2 daughters, Susan Michelle of Marietta and Melissa Ann (Russell) Brown of Graysville, OH. She is also survived by her mother Velma Lowe of Marietta; granddaughter Isabella Brown and siblings Daniel (Janice) Lowe, Nancy (Steve) Halpren, Karen (Gary) Daggett, Joyce (Richard) Murphy, David (Barbara) Lowe, Angela (Tom) Ward, Doug (Mary Ellen) Lowe, brother and sister-in-law David and Patty Matthews as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Preceding her in death were her father, her in-laws Gale and Mary Matthews and her grandparents.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday (June 25) at 1:00 pm at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Pastor Bryan Weber officiating. Interment will follow in East Lawn Memorial Park.
McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home
June 2015
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